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In The Brain of Humphrey Sheil: JavaOne 2008 Highlights - All About the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA) Exam
JavaOne 2008 Highlights - All About the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA) Exam
The Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA) exam represents the culmination of Sun\'s certification program for the Java™ community. This session covers the newly revised SCEA certification that was released in the first quarter of calendar year 2008. In this session attendees will learn about the three parts of the exam and what they test. They will also learn the following:
- Who is the target audience for the exam
- Which exam rumors are true and which are false
- Tips for exam preparation, including preparation materials
- Tips for taking each part of the exam
We will cover how the exam has been completely rewritten to cover the Java EE 5 platform, the design decisions that went into the new exam and the rationale and motivation behind them (and how this affects candidates). Perennial exam rumors will be detailed and addressed, we\'ll dig through the
mountain of potential revision material to single out the most relevant books, specifications and articles to focus on and we\'ll provide practical tips on how best to approach parts one, two and three of the exam.
If you are interested in becoming a Sun certified enterprise architect, this session is definitely for you. If you haven\'t considered architect certification before, stop by anyway - you\'ll learn what becoming a Sun Java EE 5 architect can bring you and how effective the exam preparation is in rounding you out as a Java EE 5 architect.
This event was a highlight of the JavaOne conference in May 2008.
Review:
In this talk, Humphrey Sheil explains how the SCEA exam has been designed, what it does and doesn’t test, and how to prepare for and take the exam. The talk also contains tips for exam preparation, including preparation materials and tips for taking each specific part of the exam.
The candidates are supposed to have at least 5 years of experience. Most of the candidates take the exam to formalise the experience they already have. Objectives of the exam include: Application design concepts and principles, common architectures, integration and messaging, business tier technologies, applicability of Java EE technology, Patterns and Security.
Part one of the examination contains 64 multiple-choice questions, which treat candidates as architects rather than programmers. Part two is the main part of the exam. It requires candidates to construct the best solution to a business problem they can by using JEE 5. After a solution is submitted, the results are declared in a couple of weeks. Part three is a follow-up to part two and aims to test the candidate’s knowledge of the solution submitted.
To preparing for part one, candidates should read a lot of reference material. When the assignment for part two is received, it should be clearly understood, and every step should be questioned if it is relevant with solving the problem or not. For part three, most of the questions can be predicted from the answer to the previous section. Therefore, candidates have the opportunity to prepare themselves for these final questions with much more focus than the previous sections.
The process of getting a certificate makes people better architects but it doesn’t necessarily mean that every certified person is a good architect. If someone has a good industrial experience, getting certified enhances his or her resume and it shows commitment to career development.
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ABOUT HUMPHREY SHEIL
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Humphrey is an experienced software architect specializing in the Java and JEE platforms, with industry experience spanning the energy and chemical trading, property, financial systems and leisure and travel industry verticals.
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PODCAST JAVAONE 2008 HIGHLIGHTS - ALL ABOUT THE SUN CERTIFIED ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT (SCEA) EXAM
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